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• Latest Action: Mar 28, 2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce - Communications, Technology, and the Internet

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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This bill's most-recent vote occurred on March 27, 2012, with a roll call of 247 ayes, 174 nays, and 10 not voting.
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• Society of Broadcast Engineers San Diego Chapter

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• National Cable & Telecommunications Association

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• National Association of Broadcasters

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• AT&T

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• Verizon Communications

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• National Telecommunications Cooperative Association

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• United States Telecom Association

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• U. S. Chamber of Commerce

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• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

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• Access Humboldt

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• Akaku: Maui Community Television

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• Alliance for Communications Democracy

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• Alliance for Community Media

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• Appalshop

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• Boston Neighborhood Network

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• Brunswick TV3

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• California Center for Rural Policy

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• Cambridge Community Television

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• Center for Media Justice

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• Center for Rural Strategies

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• Dalton Print Consulting

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• Easton Community Access Television

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• Free Press

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• Future of Music Coalition

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• Institute for Local Self-Reliance

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• Main Street Project

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• Media Access Project

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• Media Action Center

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• Media Alliance

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• Media Literacy Project

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• Mountain Area Information Network

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• National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians – Communications Workers of America

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• National Association of the Deaf

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• National Federation of Community Broadcasters

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• New America Foundation

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• Newspaper Guild – Communications Workers of America

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• People's Production House

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• Prometheus Radio Project

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• Public Citizen

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• Public Knowledge

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• Reclaim the Media

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• Scribe Video Center

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• StoptheCap.com

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• St. Paul Neighborhood Network

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• Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.

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• Terzetto Creative, LLC

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• United Church of Christ, Office of Communication

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• Writers Guild of America, West

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• OMB Watch

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• Consumers Union

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• On March 29, 2012, by talikarni - bq. "...to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission." This was shot down in the Senate because it actually did the opposite of the original title, it granted the FCC more and wider powers, with the ability to carry out these orders behind closed doors (less transparency), typically supporting the highest briber.

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  As noted by talikarni, a user on OpenCongress.org, on March 29, 2012, "bq. "...to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission." This was shot down in the Senate because it actually did the opposite of the original title, it granted the FCC more and wider powers, with the ability to carry out these orders behind closed doors (less transparency), typically supporting the highest briber."
• On March 29, 2012, by talikarni - bq. "...to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission." This was shot down in the Senate because it actually did the opposite of the original title, it granted the FCC more and wider powers, with the ability to carry out these orders behind closed doors (less transparency), typically supporting the highest briber. It would have allowed even more expansive powers to allow or prevent unfavorable (to the government) mergers (aka less efficiency). The Democrats widely support more government intervention, and the Senate Republicans voted to a massive extreme to prevent this from happening.

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  As noted by talikarni, a user on OpenCongress.org, on March 29, 2012, "bq. "...to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission." This was shot down in the Senate because it actually did the opposite of the original title, it granted the FCC more and wider powers, with the ability to carry out these orders behind closed doors (less transparency), typically supporting the highest briber. It would have allowed even more expansive powers to allow or prevent unfavorable (to the government) mergers (aka less efficiency). The Democrats widely support more government intervention, and the Senate Republicans voted to a massive extreme to prevent this from happening."

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• The Free State Foundation: House Passes Consolidated FCC ... - June 01, 2012 by Randolph J. May - HR 3310, like its companion FCC reform bill, HR 3309, which passed the House back in March, is a worthy measure. Too bad the Senate has been and still is in a do-nothing mode. Posted by Randolph J. May at 5:55 PM ...

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  As noted by Randolph J. May on June 01, 2012, "HR 3310, like its companion FCC reform bill, HR 3309, which passed the House back in March, is a worthy measure. Too bad the Senate has been and still is in a do-nothing mode. Posted by Randolph J. May at 5:55 PM ..." (/url?q=http://freestatefoundation.blogspot.com/2012/05/house-passes-consolidated-fcc-reporting.html&sa=U&ei=4TzPT6VQhuzYBfCqyLQM&ved=0CEwQmAEwCA&usg=AFQjCNFcWqgnZQEnkNXaFLWxakB3U3X6PA)
• The Free State Foundation: House Passes Consolidated FCC ... - June 01, 2012 by Randolph J. May - HR 3310, like its companion FCC reform bill, HR 3309, which passed the House back in March, is a worthy measure. Too bad the Senate has been and still is in a do-nothing mode. Posted by Randolph J. May at 5:55 PM ...

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  As noted by Randolph J. May on June 01, 2012, "HR 3310, like its companion FCC reform bill, HR 3309, which passed the House back in March, is a worthy measure. Too bad the Senate has been and still is in a do-nothing mode. Posted by Randolph J. May at 5:55 PM ..." (/url?q=http://freestatefoundation.blogspot.com/2012/05/house-passes-consolidated-fcc-reporting.html&sa=U&ei=QujNT4-THoKs2gWCq8HNDA&ved=0CEMQmAEwBg&usg=AFQjCNED7a3RxXr9vsDfhH4ligcJRjx1dg)
• The Free State Foundation: House Passes Consolidated FCC ... - June 01, 2012 by Randolph J. May - HR 3310, like its companion FCC reform bill, HR 3309, which passed the House back in March, is a worthy measure. Too bad the Senate has been and still is in a do-nothing mode. Posted by Randolph J. May at 5:55 PM ...

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• Government is being allowed to tread on us - April 17, 2012 by Fosters Daily Democrat - Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter recently tried to stop this snooping. He proposed adding an amendment to H.R. 3309, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Process Reform Act of 2012. He said nothing in that bill should restrict the FCC's ...

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  As noted by Fosters Daily Democrat on April 17, 2012, "Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter recently tried to stop this snooping. He proposed adding an amendment to H.R. 3309, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Process Reform Act of 2012. He said nothing in that bill should restrict the FCC's ..." (http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120417/GJOPINION_0102/704179969/-1/fosopinion)
• Treading on us - April 12, 2012 by DAILY KOS - Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter recently tried to stop this snooping. He proposed adding an amendment to H.R. 3309, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Process Reform Act of 2012. He said nothing in that bill should restrict the FCC’s ...

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  As noted by DAILY KOS on April 12, 2012, "Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter recently tried to stop this snooping. He proposed adding an amendment to H.R. 3309, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Process Reform Act of 2012. He said nothing in that bill should restrict the FCC’s ..." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/12/1082873/-Treading-on-us)
• Sponsors of House FCC Reform Bill Pull in Big Money From Telecom and Broadcasters - April 06, 2012 by Cleveland Plain Dealer - H.R. 3309, sponsored by Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and nine other co-sponsors, would establish additional requirements for the FCC before the agency could issue new regulations. These would include identifying a specific market failure or harm that warrants new

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  As noted by Cleveland Plain Dealer on April 06, 2012, "H.R. 3309, sponsored by Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and nine other co-sponsors, would establish additional requirements for the FCC before the agency could issue new regulations. These would include identifying a specific market failure or harm that warrants new " (http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/sponsors-of-house-fcc-reform-bill-pull/1333e94f050df7ccd7dab5ac559d1ce6)